recovery partition

[Mike69]

hi,

i would like some to create the following project:

i build lots of computers to the end user, and i would like them to have a recovery partition (like HP on their notebooks)

i know this is possible and probably asked many times before, but i would like to know the essyest way to do it.

with or without the use of commercial software(im willing to buy it)

i also would like some option during the boot of the machine so i could press f11 for example and start the recovery process. no need for many options.

tks in advance

[IcemanND]

the latest version of the Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite v2 has a Recovery Kit which includes a boot loader that provides the Press F11 (or your desired key) option and a deploy only version of ghost to restore a ghost image to the drive.

There may also be a way to use the WAIK, which has some kind of recovery application though it may be limited to recovering Vista, I have not yet had a chance to look into it further yet.

All you need is a boot loader of some kind that can unhide and boot from a partition and then you os on that partition to do what you need.